girls:
90 births since 1997
#5626 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1979
#3381 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1979
#6426 (17th percentile)
The name Aslan is the #6,426 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,317 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 16.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,381 (26.2% percentile) for all time with 1,227 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,626 (1.5% percentile) for all time with 90 births since 1997.
Aslan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Aslan is available in 33 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 14 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aslan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.2% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Aslan reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 18.6% percentile (ranked #742) with 95 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 95 births per million (ranked 18.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2010, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Aslan is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #742 (18.6% percentile) with 95 births per million.
For girls, Aslan reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #942) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aslan".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Aslan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.0% confident that Aslan is pronounced as AZ-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-sluhn, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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